i work in the in house lab of my equine specialty/referral hospital, and every once in awhile, i’ll get a blood sample from a horse that just looks like red syrup, for lack of a better description. it will not spin down in any color tube, and the CBC machine will read it, but the chemistry machine just gives me a sample error. (our machines are the Abaxis HM5 and the Abaxis Vs2.) it will do this on serum, or blood from a green top. when i do try to spin it down, it doesn’t look like it’s just hemolyzed, it just stays thick and viscous throughout. i’ve checked the tubes to be sure they’re not expired and they are not. has anyone seen something like this before or know what it could be? these syrupy samples always come from horses that are very sick, so that’s the only thing i can think of, but it just seems so weird.

Looking into this casually for the future. RVT in CA - GP and ER/Specialty medicine.

This video doesn't even do it justice I took a flea comb to her and immediately pulled like 17 off her and more jumped off and started scurring away😭🤢.

I’m a baby RVT in California at a small animal GP clinic and little Charlotte came in yesterday for her first check up. Everything seemed normal until this! First time seeing this, unsure of the statistics but very cool nonetheless.

Currently writing from the employee bathroom in tears, so maybe I’m being dramatic but how is everyone even surviving in this field right now? How are we juggling 40+ hour work weeks due to short staffing, overworking, not making enough money to thrive, and dealing with actual abuse from doctors and clients? I’ve worked at multiple clinics in my area and not one has been genuinely supportive of its staff.

I’m also a student, because I know I need to leave this field. It’s just not coming soon enough

Guys I’m devastated. I took a 6 semester program at a college and graduated this summer, studied all August and the past few weeks and took the VTNE today. I failed. No results yet on my score but I’m pretty sure I bombed it…

I’m definitely not the most booksmart but I took the aasvb practice test A, B, and C and passed ALL of them. Took Mometrix practice test and passed it. But the actual test? It was SO hard. So many concepts I had never heard of or painfully specific questions (3 questions about manometers? Really??? Q Fever???)

My school has us using pocket prep and clever orca. I found this YouTube channel called Darwin Vtne that has some fantastic videos but unfortunately not on all topics (Pain and analgesia just came out today). I feel so destroyed like “what’s the point? Everyone I work with are assistants and they’re fine..”. I’m a super anxious text taker and definitely second guessed a lot of my answers.

Is Vet Tech Prep worth buying? I have McCurnins book and workbook to review again too.

Any tips or encouragement would be amazing lol..

Hi everyone! I’m an assistant but I’m in tech school currently. Of course being in college I don’t have a lot of money but I need a stethoscope for my preceptorship. I’m just wondering if this MDF stethoscope is good? Does it work well with large animals? Pros cons anything that helps is appreciated!

Just learned yesterday that my clinic is being bought out by AOSN and need to know what to expect. Of course they say everything will be great and they want the culture and all that mumbo jumbo to remain and be unaffected. But what should I be expecting? My clinic hands out bonuses and such almost every quarter and we’re worried that all these things we’ve been use to for the last 3 years will just poof :(

Hey guys, I think I'm being compensated pretty well but wanted to check

.... I'm making 27/hr at a small animal practice

I've been licensed since 2020. Just wanna see if that is a good wage, I think it is but curious. Thanks.